Healthy but fat

[prettygirl85 0]

Hi everyone, I’m a good healthy condition but I’m fat. I’m interested on getting the bariatric sleeve done, i have struggled with my weight since i was a kid. Anyway I need to have high blood pressure and cholesterol in which I don’t have I don’t know what to do. The nurse told me that I needed to have sleep apnea in order to go forward with the process. Can I get any suggestions????? Thanks

[BabyFat23 209]

4 hours ago, prettygirl85 said:

Hi everyone, I’m a good healthy condition but I’m fat. I’m interested on getting the bariatric sleeve done, i have struggled with my weight since i was a kid. Anyway I need to have high blood pressure and cholesterol in which I don’t have I don’t know what to do. The nurse told me that I needed to have sleep apnea in order to go forward with the process. Can I get any suggestions????? Thanks

Your insurance must require you to have something wrong in order to have them pay for it. I am also fat but healthy and I didn't need anything to be wrong with with me just a bmi of 40. I just made it with a bmi of 41. Call your insurance and see what their requirements are.

[Berry78 4,261]

Do you know your BMI? If not, here is a calculator:

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm

[Killian 270]

Have you had a sleep study done yet? If not have one done soon

[prettygirl85 0]

Do you know your BMI? If not, here is a calculator:
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm

Hi My BMI is 35 I’m 5,5 216lbs

[prettygirl85 0]

Have you had a sleep study done yet? If not have one done soon

Hi, I’m waiting for my insurance to approve me for the sleep study.

[prettygirl85 0]

Your insurance must require you to have something wrong in order to have them pay for it. I am also fat but healthy and I didn't need anything to be wrong with with me just a bmi of 40. I just made it with a bmi of 41. Call your insurance and see what their requirements are.

Hi thank you for your opinion I will call my insurance to verify what they require to approve for the surgery. My BMI is 35 im eating a lot so I can gain weight.....

[DropWt4Life 957]

Many insurance plans that cover wls require a bmi of 40 or 35 with other co-morbidities. If you have good health, you may not qualify unless you gain another 25 pounds.

I had my surgery done in Mexico, where a bmi of 35 is not an issue. The cost was $4,600 plus $450 airfare for myself and a companion. My insurance deductible was $7,000, and max out of pocket was $8,500, so I saved a few thousand going there. Also, I didn't have to endure a year of jumping through hoops. I am glad for that.

If your insurance won't cover the surgery, maybe you could start saving today for a cash pay surgery in the future. There are surgery centers in the US that will do the surgery for around 10K. That is a lot of money, but not compared to what we spend for a used car that we plan to keep for 4-5 years at the most.

Good luck!